1965 marks the starting point of one of the most successful rock bands of our time. Hailing from Hannover, Germany, the SCORPIONS embarked on a journey that would lead them around the globe and would establish them as one of the greatest rock bands of all time.
With the November 6 release of the 50th-anniversary deluxe editions, the SCORPIONS celebrate their impressive achievements and open their vaults to unleash hitherto unreleased songs, alternate versions of big hits, rough mixes and rare live concert footage.
In addition to dozens of previously unheard studio tracks and live recordings, all CD releases are contain extended booklets featuring rare photos and, single covers, backstage passes and additional liner notes by Edgar Klüsener, a former editor in chief of Metal Hammer who has followed the band’s career closely over several decades. Five of the eight albums are accompanied bya DVD that contains live concert footage from the respective period, together with TV performances and in-depth interviews with the band. In these interviews, they talk about the background history and the creative process of each of these albums: “Lovedrive”, “Blackout”, “Love At first Sting”, “World Wide Live” and “Savage Amusement”.
The remastered LP formats are released on 180-gram vinyl in a sleeve replicating the first pressing. They also come with an audio CD, featuring the original track listing and the same bonus audio as the CD formats. A limited and numbered deluxe box set will contain all remasted vinyl discs.
SCORPIONS said: “It’s hard to summarize 50 years in words, but listening back to all those songs — many of them them previously unreleased — recorded in one of our most creative periods, really took us back in time. This was a very heartfelt project for all of us. It brought back great memories whilst we rediscovered our musical DNA by listening to the archives, selecting dozens of unreleased songs and early versions of well-known SCORPIONS anthems. We really worked on the material to improve the sound quality, but always taking great care to preserve its original feel.”
“Lovedrive” reissue track listing:
Disc 1:
01. Loving You Sunday Morning
02. Another Piece Of Meat
03. Always Somewhere
04. Coast To Coast
05. Can’t Stop Get Enough
06. Is There Anybody Out There
07. Lovedrive
08. Holiday
09. Cause I Love You (previously unreleased demo song) (bonus track)
10. Holiday (previously unreleased demo version) (bonus track)
Disc 2:
01. Intro (live in Japan 1979)
02. We’ll Burn The Sky (live in Japan 1979)
03. Lovedrive (live in Japan 1979)
04. Life’s Like A River (live in Japan 1979)
05. Fly To The Rainbow (live in Japan 1979)
06. Is There Anybody There (live in Japan 1979)
07. Another Piece Of Meat (live in Japan 1979)
08. Can’t Get Enough (live in Japan 1979)
09. Kojo No Tsuki (live in Japan 1979)
+ Interview special with R. Schenker, K. Meine, M. Jabs, H. Rarebell
Audio samples of the “Lovedrive” reissue are available below.
Source: Blabbermouth
